October 2nd, 2008
News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:
Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft’s planned cloud platform. Techmeme
- A new mystery: What’s Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve?
- Zack Whittaker: Student Technology Day: “Windows Cloud” revealed
- Student Technology Day: Microsoft Surface demos
- Student Technology Day: what it’s all about
- Joe McKendrick: SOA soon part of the ‘cloud’? Hold that thought
- Microsoft readies new ‘Dublin’ distributed app server
Larry Dignan: Google talks efficient data centers
Robin Harris: How to read your FBI file
Photos: Gadgets at Ceatec, day 1
Photos: Cell phone concepts at Ceatec
Garett Rogers: Google Blog Search re-launches, now it’s useful
TechRepublic: 10 must-have Linux office applications
Matthew Miller: Should Palm drop their Linux plans and embrace Android?
NYT: Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China
Heather Clancy: Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.
Foley: Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveaway. Dignan: Microsoft’s search perks gambit eyes 22% of market up for grabs
Tom Foremski: California governor: Silicon Valley Should Go to Germany
Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed
- Apple to music industry - It’s our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!
- Forrester: iPhone + Lotus Notes = Opportunity + Annoyance
- Jason O’Grady: Adobe actively developing a Flash Player iPhone
- Apple drops iPhone developer NDA. Techmeme
- Silicon Alley Insider: Apple TV Gets An Upgrade — Without Steve Jobs’ Help (AAPL)
Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
Dennis Howlett: Agresso’s answer to ERP addiction
Brian Sommer: Click Heels 3 Times and Say ‘I want to IPO, I want to IPO’
Sam Diaz: IBM’s one-day tumble: Tough quarter or fluctuating dollar?
VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD
Michael Krigsman: Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consulting
All Facebook: The Future of Widgets on Facebook: Dead
John Morris: HP’s first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition
- Kingsley-Hughes: Day 1 with my new Nokia E71
- Andrew Nusca: To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You
- CrunchGear: Netflix to stream movies from Starz
Adam O’Donnell: What, me worry (about mobile viruses)?
Richard Koman: House servers suffering from financial bail-out
- Welcome to the White Space
- Anti-LHC lawsuit lands in legal black hole
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messages
Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft HealthVault offers the nickel tour
News.com: Kevin Mitnick detained, released after Colombia tripDignan: Is security really a big drag on innovation? How is the credit crunch impacting your economy?
Roland Piquepaille: Pterodactyl-inspired flying robots
Photos: Killer robots at Ceatec
Oliver Marks: The ‘Social Media’ Conundrum
BBC: Blizzard wins Warcraft bot payout
HP eyes midmarket; Buys LeftHand Networks
Richard Koman: Palin had ‘10 to 15′ secret email accounts
Christopher Dawson: Another setback for university P2P
Job alert: SAP, COBOL, PowerBuilder?
Steve O’Hear: Slide to distribute video on Facebook; Facebook to overtake MySpace in the US; Oasis launches new album on MySpace
John Carroll: Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
Eee PC’s 7″ version: A hot toy this year
Oracle customers: Our consultants stink
Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Smart Planet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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